澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-03-22

 Of course, it's the news out of Canberra.Prime Minister Julia Gillard is working on a cabinet reshuffle after staring down another leadership challenge. Her supporters say her re-endorsement has settled the Labor¹ leadership. Simon Crean, who's been sacked for disloyalty, says he called for the spill because he wanted to end months of destabilizing chatter². But in the end, Kevin Rudd chose not to challenge because he didn't have the numbers.

 

It's thought at least a dozen people have been injured by tornadoes³ that ripped through several townships in northeast Victoria. Cobram, Yarrawonga and Rutherglan are believed to have been hardest hit. The SES says many buildings have been damaged.

 

In the United States. President Barack Obama has been met with angry street protests during a visit to the west bank. He later held talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, giving his full support to the establishment of a Palestinian state. President Obama says continued Jewish settlement activity in the occupied territories does not advance the cause of peace.

 

A former chaplain at a girls' school in Perth has been jailed for possessing child pornography. Matthew David O'mearea has been sentenced to 15 months. A jury found him guilty of four charges relating to his time at Perth collage⁴ in Mount Lawleyin 2010.

 

And a siege that lasted more than 30 hours on Queensland's Gold Coast has ended. A 31-year-old man has surrendered after threatening to ignite gas bottles in his home.

1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 chatter   

vi.／n.喋喋不休；短促尖叫；(牙齿)打战

参考例句：

• Her continuous chatter vexes me.她的喋喋不休使我烦透了。
• I've had enough of their continual chatter.我已厌烦了他们喋喋不休的闲谈。

3 tornadoes   

n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 来自互联网
• Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。 来自互联网

4 collage   

n.拼贴画；v.拼贴；把……创作成拼贴画

参考例句：

• A collage of coloured paper covers a table top.一副彩纸拼贴画盖在桌面上。
• He has used a mixture of mosaic,collage and felt-tip pen.他混合使用了马赛克、拼贴画和毡头笔。